The annual handbook of the Automobile Club of China for the year 1938 has made its appearance. There has been some delay in publication owing to the outbreak of hostilities which has confined motoring activities to a very restricted area in Shanghai and has made travel impossible on the rapidly developing system of motor roads outside Shanghai. Nevertheless, these obstacles have not diminished the enthusiasm of the officers of the club in going ahead and publishing their useful handbook although conditions are uncertain. Pioneers of travel ın the first place, the founders of the Club are hopefully looking forward to the eventual re-opening of the roads and, therefore, the handbook is an optimistic indication of the future and provides a mass of extremely valuable information, with detailed maps and other essential data, on the possibilities of motor travel in this country. Once the politico-military situation improves and the normal channels of activity are permitted full play then motor tourism will expand on the same lines as it did in the few years prior to the hostilities. A feature of the 48938 handbook is the Chinese section, which finds a place in the publication for the first time and when the future happily produces conditions of peace it should be highly appreciated,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.